High School: U.S. Presidents & Politics Flashcards
He served in the House of Representatives and as governor of Ohio. He was in the “half-breed” faction of the Republican party and attempted to bring racial equality to the South. Name this man considered to be the first post-Reconstruction president who followed U.S. Grant, becoming the 19th president of the United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
He was a lawyer and civil rights activist. He was denied entry to the University of Maryland Law School and attended Howard University. He would argue one of the most important Supreme Court cases in history. Name this man who won the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka and became the first African American Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall (must provide first name)
The cornerstone for this building was laid in 1792. It has 130 rooms and covers 18 acres. Name the oldest federal building in Washington D.C. which received its current name from Teddy Roosevelt in 1901 when he lived thereq
White House
He was the son of a Greek immigrant who became the Governor of Maryland in 1967. He would late become the 39th Vice President of the United States. Name this man who was accused of taking kickbacks and resigned from office and was replaced by Gerald Ford as vice-president.
Spiro Agnew
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrate each year in the United States from September 15th to October 15th. Interestingly, it did not become an observed month of celebration until September 14th, 1989. Name the U.S. President who signed the proclamation
George H.W. Bush
Upon his agreement to sign this legislation, President Johnson said his party would lose the Southern vote for a generation. Name this landmark act signed in 1964 that guaranteed equal freedoms to all regardless of race
Civil Rights (act of 1964)
What U.S. president famously said, “The buck stops here”
(Harry) Truman
What U.S. president famously said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
Teddy Roosevelt (prompt on Roosevelt)
Teddy Roosevelt was frustrated by what President Taft had done while in office. He created what was nicknames the Bull Moose Party to run for the presidency in 1912. What is the real name for this party he created solely for the purpose of running for president
Progressive (Party)
She was a US congressional representative from 1979 - 1985 representing the state of New York. A political meeting of women in a New York City Chinese restaurant, her fortune cookie read, “You will win big in ‘84” Name this first woman to be the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party
(Geraldine) Ferraro
This presidential proclamation added a great deal of territory to the United States. This territory, however, was off the coast. Name this order that the seas, seabed and that below the seabed of all continental shelves contiguous to the US were the territory of the United States
Truman Proclamation
It is one of six amendments to the Constitution that have not been ratified. It passed Congress in 1810 and is still pending before the States. What is this proposed amendment that would strip US citizenship for anyone who took a title, such as emperor, king or prince?
Titles of Nobility (Amendment)
He watched the 1978 movie Taxi Driver and became obsessed with it. He collected information on JFK’s assassination and just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by this man who wanted to impress movie star, Jodie Foster. Name this attempted assassin of Reagan
(John) Hinckley (Jr.)
The first televised Presidential debates were broadcasted in 1960 between 2 candidates. John F. Kennedy faced off with the current Vice President who lost the 1960 election narrowly. Name this future president
(Richard) Nixon
(blitz before JFK acceptable but name both candidates)
He was born in Denison, Texas in 1890 but moved to Abilene, Kansas when he was one. He played football at West Point and graduated in the lower middle part of the 1915 class. Name the future general who planned the D-Day invasion and later became the 34th president of the U.S.
(Dwight D.) Eisenhower
His father was a goatherder until he earned a scholarship to attend college in the U.S. His mother met his father in a Russian language class at the University of Hawai’i. Name the man who would g on to become a community organizer, a Senator from Illinois and the 44th president of the U.S.
(Barack) Obama
He became the first black American to serve as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives in 2023.
Hakeem Jefferies
In any order, name the first four presidents ELECTED in the 20th century (20 seconds to list all four)
Theodore Roosevelt (must have both names)
(William) Taft
(Woodrow) Wilson
(Warren) Harding
She was a civil rights pioneer to women, African Americans and Congress. She was instrumental in founding programs such as food stamps and nutrition for women, children and infants. She once said, “Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.” Name this first African American woman to be elected to the US Congress
(Shirley) Chisholm
The United States declared that it would not interfere in the affairs of Europe but that the entire Western Hemisphere was a sphere of influence of the United States. Name this policy declared in 1823 by the president of the United States
Monroe Doctrine
This established a new government upon landfall. 41 male passengers agreed to follow the laws set up by the agreement. Name this agreement of the titular ship on which they sailed that landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620
Mayflower Compact
It was enacted as a result of the Seven Years War. The people resorted to mob violence, which caused the collectors on this tax to resign, Name this highly unpopular act passed by British Parliament in 1765 to tax American colony newspapers and other printed materials, which was repealed in 1766
Stamp (Act)
This philosophy was the basis of many political decision in the United States in the 19th century and was often used as justification for the expansion of American territory. Name this political doctrine, repudiated by John Quincy Adams because it would later be the basis of expansion of slavery into Texas
Manifest Destiny
This landmark Supreme Court case established First Amendment protection of symbolic speech. It was a result of a school rule which prohibited students from wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War. Name this case, which the Supreme Court ruled on in 1969
Tinker v. Des Moines
This Cabinet-level department was established in 1989; however, the functions performed by this department go back to the beginning of the U.S. This department provides burials for eligible past and present military members and manages 135 national cemeteries. Name this department responsible for the healthcare, education, home loans, and life insurance for those who have served in the military.
(Department of) Veterans Affairs
This war saw many firsts: integrated US Army, United Nations in a war, use of helicopters and jest and MASH units. Name this war synonymous the 38th parallel and the firing of General MacArthur by President Truman
Korean or Korea War
He was angered by attacks on him in newspapers in 1804. He was a Federalist who aspired to be president. Name this man who was twice charged with murder and whose political career ended when he fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in Weehawken, New Jersey
(Aaron) Burr
She was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937. On January 23, 1997 she was sworn into her office as part of the cabinet of President Bill Clinton. Name this first woman to be Secretary of State
(Madeleine) Albright
Eight US presidents died while in office, four by natural causes and four were assassinated. Name all eight presidents
William Henry Harrison.
Zachary Taylor.
Abraham Lincoln *
James A. Garfield *
William McKinley *
Warren G. Harding.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
John F. Kennedy *
(* assassinated)
In January 2001 before leaving office, Bill Clinton granted a controversial presidential pardon to his brother for a 1985 cocaine possession and drug-trafficking conviction. Name his brother
Roger Clinton (both names)
The vote was 126-47 in the House of Representatives. The Radical Republicans voted to impeach him over firing of Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton and his lenient policies toward Southern Reconstruction. Name this first president to be impeached who also avoided removal from office by only one vote
Andrew Johnson (must have both names)
He suffered hearing loss in his right ear after an actor fired a pistol too close to his head during the making of a movie. He was born in Illinois and served in US Army public relations and theatrical productions during WW2. Name this man who was an actor before he was elected as the 40th president of the United States
(Ronald) Reagan
The Amendment to the US Constitution was proposed in 1960 and was ratified in 1961. It stipulated that Washington D.C. was not a state and could never have more electors that the least-populous state. Name this amendment that gave the District of Columbia the vote for President
23rd Amendment
Given a winning US Presidential campaign slogan, name the President:
Make America Great Again
(Donald) Trump
Given a winning US Presidential campaign slogan, name the President:
Hope
(Barack) Obama
